Ear-piercer



(No Model.)

B. SEYFARTH. Ear Pieroers.

No. 230,073. Patented July 13, 1880.

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N.FEIEN=1. PHOTO-UINOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD SEYFARTH, OF LANARK, ILLINOIS.

EAR-PIERCER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,073, dated July 13,1880. Application filed May 10, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD SEYFARTH, ofLanark, in the county of Carroll and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Ear-Piercers, of which the following is aspecification.

Figure 1 is asectional side elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is asectional elevation taken through the line a; m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish ear-piercers so constructedthat the puncture can be made in exactly the desired spot and so quicklyas to be painless.

The invention consists in constructing an ear-piercer of a pair of barshinged to each other at one end and provided at their other ends withsockets to receive blocks to be pressed against the ear, the tube havinga cap upon its outer end, the needle having a disk and a notch, thespiral spring, and the catch for holding the needle when drawn out, sothat the ear maybe pierced while being compressed, as Will behereinafter fully described.

A B are two parallel bars, which at one end are bent inward and hingedto each other. In the other ends of the bars A B are formed sockets O,to receive blocks 1), of cork or other suitable substance, to be pressedagainst the opposite sides of the lobe of the ear to be pierced.

To the outer side of one of the arms, as B, and in line with the socketG, is secured a tube, E. The outer end of the tuheE is closed with acap, F, screwed upon or otherwise sccured to it.

G is the needle, which has a knob attached to its outer end forconvenience in operating it. The needle G passes through a hole in thecap F, ahole in the end of the bar B, a hole in the block I), insertedin the socket 0, attached to the said arm, and projects so as to entenahole in the block D, inserted in the socket 0, attached to the end ofthe arm A.

Upon the needle G, within the tube E, is

placed a spiral spring, H, the outer end of which rests against the capF, and its inner end rests against a disk, I, firmly attached to theneedle G, so that the spring H will be compressed by drawing the saidneedle G out- Ward.

In the side of the needle G, in such a position as to he at the outerside of the cap F when the spring H is compressed, is formed a notch, J,to receive a catch, K, pivoted to the said cap F, to lock the needle inplace when drawn out.

In using the piercer the blocks D are placed upon the opposite sides ofthe lobe of the ear in such a position that the hole through theblocks 1) will be directly over the spot where it is desired to puncturethe ear. The arms A B are then pressed together to numb the part of theear between the blocks 1). The catch K is then drawn back to release theneedle G, which is forced forward to make the puncture by the elasticityof the spring H, thus making the puncture without causing pain. Theneedle G is then drawn back, the instrument is removed from the ear, anda wire or thread passed through the puncture in the usual Way.

The part of the needle Gthat passes through the car has a thin silvertube secured to it to guard against the car being poisoned by theinstrument. V

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- An ear-piercer, constructed substantially as hereinshown and described, consisting of the hinged bars A B, having sockets Oto receive the blocks D, the tube E, having cap F, thev needle G, havingdisk I and notch J, the spiral spring H, and the catch K, as set forth.

EDWARD SEYFARTH. Witnesses:

PHIL. LEHRBERG, A. J. WATERS.

